Motivation

When I began teaching, I was thrilled at how intrinsically motivated my third-graders were. They were excited about learning new things and I did my best to nurture their passion. There was a lot of discussion and controversy at the time about giving rewards to students for learning and how it could affect them in … Continue reading Motivation →

Trust The Process

One of the most important lessons I have learned over years of writing is to trust the process. That being said, what exactly is the process? For me, it's a messy one. First, of course, is the simple (or not simple) act of moving the pen across the paper or pressing the keys. I need … Continue reading Trust The Process →

The Second Novel

I was never sure I would write a second novel and rarely thought about it while I was working on the first. For a long time, years, I wasn't sure I was writing the first one. Most of the time I knew I was writing something, but not until the story grew and developed and … Continue reading The Second Novel →

On The Road

My husband and I prefer road trips to any other travel. Since publishing A Better Life, our road trips have been fairly local, to independent book stores in Massachusetts and New Hampshire. The other day we visited one in Milford and one in Peterborough, New Hampshire. They were the first two bookstores that did not … Continue reading On The Road →

The Path

We have a good friend, Jim Lord, who digs us out at the lake house during the winter. This morning he was here at seven, plowed the best he could with my car there, and shoveled a walkway from the car to the front door. I put on my boots and jacket and gloves a … Continue reading The Path →